SWEET SHANKARPALI
Ingredients
- 1 cup All purpose flour/ maida
- 2 tbsps Butter, (big lemon size)
- 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- a pinch Salt
- 1/4 tsp Crushed fennel seeds/ saunf, (optional )
- Water, – as needed
- oil to deep fry
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl take maida ,butter , crushed saunf ( If using ) salt and sugar powder and mix well with your finger such that it will become like breadcrumb.
- Add water little by little to make a smooth tough dough . Knead well .Set Aside for 30 mins- 1 hour .
- After the sitting time is over , take the dough and beat the dough nicely with the roller . More you knead , better the result .
- Divide the dough to equal parts.
- Dust and roll out each ball into thick circular chapathi. Remember not to roll chapthi thin . It should be THICK .
- Using a pizza cutter or shankar pali cutter or knife , cut chapathi to diamond pieces as shown in picture . Separate them little.
- Heat oil for deep frying .Check the readiness .Drop a small piece of dough into oil .If it rises immediately , oil temperature is right.Drop the cut diamonds into oil.Keep the flame on medium low and Fry till they are crisp.Turn in between
- Remove in a tissue paper and Store in an air tight box after it cools down completely
Notes
NOTE:
- Instead of Maida you can use wheat flour or half and half of wheat and maida flour .
- Don't make too soft dough .It should be just soft and pliable. Else shankarpali will turn soft .
- Oil should not be over hot . This will make the shankarpali brown as soon it is put in oil but not crisp.
- Fry in low medium flame only. This will give crisp shankarpali.
- Dont overcrowd . fry in batches .
- If you want you can flavor the shankarpali with little cardamom powder / essence / make it plain .